1. After 9/11, President Bush decided to preemptively attack Iraq before they could help al Qaeda launch another attack on the US, though Iraq had no involvement in 9/11. 2. The US invasion of Iraq in 2003 was based on faulty intelligence that Iraq possessed WMDs, though none were found. 3. By 2008, violence in Iraq had decreased significantly from its peak a few years prior, but the situation remained fragile. US troops aimed to train Iraqi forces to defend themselves so US troops could eventually withdraw.

1. Gulf War II (Operation Iraqi Freedom)

9. Moderate Iranians (not all are extremists)

10. Iranian street

12. Why do you think Iran feels threatened today by the USA? (Look to both sides of Iran.)

14. News update: Summer ’08 Iran tests missiles

15. Iranian missile range. Iraq.

16. And Finally, Iraq

19. Iraqi Kurds in the north. Thousands of Kurds were killed by Saddam’s SCUD missile attacks

20. Iraqi SCUD Missile launcher

26. Relevant Quotes from the President Bush "Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons... Iraq has made several attempts to buy high-strength aluminum tubes used to enrich uranium for a nuclear weapon." - President Bush on September 12, 2002 to the UN General Assembly

29. The USA and a few friends invade Iraq in March 2003

32. But Wait a Minute! Did Saddam Hussein have anything to do with 9/11?

36. Criticisms of the Iraq War

40. #4 The war is about oil?

43. Burning oil fields during Gulf War I

55. Iraqi troops are up to 500,000. Soon they will take over the fighting and our troops will come home.